Amberleigh Care Hiring for HR Officer at Shropshire Full Time

JOB DESCRIPTION

Role: HR Officer

Accountable to: HR Manager

Hours: 0.6 FTE/ 24 hours per week (over 4 or 5 days negotiable)

Salary: £15,450 (£25,750 FTE)

The Organisation

Amberleigh Care is a private SME delivering specialist, therapeutic residential care and education to looked after children. We do this on behalf of Local Authorities from across the UK. This is delivered at two sites (Welshpool and Telford) which operate as Therapeutic Communities – a very structured way of working in groups with a focus on relational practice. We employ between
85-100 staff at any time in a variety of roles and disciplines. The service was established in 2005 and has a national reputation for its work.

Job Purpose

We need an exceptional HR Officer to support our growing service. This is a key post in supporting the management and staff at Amberleigh Care to be effective in their roles and provide the very best quality of provision to our employee’s The successful candidate will have responsibility and accountability for the full employee life cycle and will be involved in all areas of the Human Resources function but with a primary focus on recruitment and retention. The post holder will be expected to work as part of the HR team in the provision of a comprehensive HR service. The post holder will be required to work closely with the HR and Training Manager, HR
Administrator and the Managing Director who has ultimate oversight of people processes.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Identify, design and implement strategic HR projects, as and when required;
• Provide advice & support to managers on recruitment, assessment and selection processes;
• Participate in the selection of staff;
• Coordinate the appointment process for successful applicants;
• Work closely with senior and line managers, providing them with expert guidance, coaching and support on the full range of HR activities (including policies & procedures, terms & conditions of employment, absence management, restructuring of services, performance management, redundancy planning etc), in order to ensure a consistent and fair approach to people management throughout the organisation;
• Keep up to date with legal developments and advise management on compliance and risk factors;
• Support investigations, disciplinary and grievance matters in conjunction with senior managers;
• Provide advice and guidance on individual employee relations cases, ensuring that these are well managed and meet the requirements of the organisation’s policies, best practice and employment legislation;
• Support and contribute to the development of the Training Plan and its dissemination

• Provide managers with a monthly summary of recruitment and retention activity and engage in practice discussions around emerging trends.
• Support the maintenance of central training records and certification on personnel files
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of HR policies and procedures to ensure effective, fair and consistent management of staff throughout the organisation, and ensure that the employee handbook is comprehensive and up-to-date;
• Provide support to staff on HR issues, as and when required;
• Contribute to the monitor and review the system of performance appraisal and continually develop as necessary, ensuring that annual appraisals are carried out in a timely manner and followed up;
• Support processes whereby staff are informed and updated on key business and organisational issues;
• In consultation with line managers, follow up individual developmental needs;
• Help create a culture of recognition for achievement;
• Update sickness and absence trackers, providing information to relevant line manager
• Represent HR and participate in various meetings throughout the organisation;
• Participate in the new starter and leaver processes, including exit interviews for all staff;
• Support the management of health issues and medical referrals;
• Manage the information held on the HR personnel files to ensure it is updated in a timely and accurate manner and complies with any legal or data protection policies;
• Maintain close and effective personal working relationships at all levels of the organisation;
• To have the ability to communicate complex, sensitive and contentious information;
• Participate in the review and measure employee satisfaction;
• Identify areas that require improvement;
• Devise programmes to support the improvements.

Special requirements:

• To work autonomously and flexibly
• To work alongside other disciplines in other manners
• To communicate with other departments on a regular basis (Care/Education/Therapy)
• To be aware of and to understand the needs of Looked After Children (our operating context)
• To understand the importance of maintaining a therapeutic and caring ethos

Person Specification

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an HR role (essential)
• Full driving licence (essential)
• Commitment to safeguarding (essential)
• CIPD level 3 or working towards (essential), Level 5 (desirable)
• Confidence in IT applications – excel, word and powerpoint in particular (essential)
• Awareness of social care, healthcare, social care recruitment factors – DBS, referencing safer recruitment etc (desirable)

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual

task undertaken may not be identified.

Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a

similar level that is not specified in this job description.

It is understood that areas of responsibility are from time to time subject to review and are negotiable in the

light of the needs of the school and the professional development of the staff.

This job description may be reviewed at the end of the academic year or earlier if necessary. In addition, it

may be amended at any time after consultation with you.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 24 per week

Salary: £25,750.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff are currently doing daily temperature checks, twice weekly LFT tests and regular use of hand sanitising

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Shropshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Human resources: 1 year (required)

Language:

Licence/Certification:

Application deadline: 01/05/2022
Reference ID: HR Officer